The discovery of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) has dramatically changed the understanding of the biology of diseases such as cancer. The human genome contains about 20,000 protein-coding genes - less than 2 percent of the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 28, 2016
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South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung on Thursday wooed app makers as it pursued a vision of being at the heart of life in a hyper-connected world.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 28, 2016
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Centuries before modern countries such as Dubai and China started building islands, native peoples in southwest Florida known as the Calusa were piling shells into massive heaps to construct their own water-bound towns.
Archaeology
Apr 28, 2016
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Fiat Chrysler and Google's self-driving car project are in advanced talks to form a technical partnership.
Business
Apr 28, 2016
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Comcast is buying DreamWorks Animation, the film company behind the "Shrek," ''Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda" franchises, for approximately $3.55 billion, strengthening its presence in the important and growing business ...
Business
Apr 28, 2016
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Facebook said Thursday it had received 13 percent more government requests for user data in the second half of 2015, with more than 46,000 requests worldwide.
Internet
Apr 28, 2016
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Online commerce colossus eBay on Thursday opened a virtual wine shop.
Internet
Apr 28, 2016
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The EU's top court on Thursday overturned free quotas for the bloc's carbon market up to 2030, a key part of strategies to curb global warming emissions.
Environment
Apr 28, 2016
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Climate change is exposing millions of workers to excessive heat, risking their health and income and threatening to erase more than $2.0 trillion in annual productivity by 2030, a UN report warned Thursday.
Environment
Apr 28, 2016
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New research suggests that the very oldest pieces of rock on Earth—zircon crystals—are likely to have formed in the craters left by violent asteroid impacts that peppered our nascent planet, rather than via plate tectonics ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2016
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